Topic: How to do a FULL tape backup from a Windows Workstation?

[Ray Mitchell]

Robert
What trojan did you actually find in the WinRAR compressed executable ?
What virus scanner are you using ?
I scanned my download using using NAV2002 with the latest virus definitions and found no infection. I also scanned the unpacked files and also found no virus.
Your scanner may be detecting the executable code and thinking it has the id of a trojan virus ??
Regards
Ray Mitchell

[James Douglas]

any answers to the mysql backup question??

Also, can I use this to backup to a local disk on the same machine? (rsync i guess?)

I agree that this is an amazing addon and a must have for those backing up

[Robert]

I am using Avast Antivirus (www.avast.com), which found a trojan in the file (I don't remember what it was exactly and I don't know if Avast (which is one of the best I've seen) mistook something for a virus, but I have seen it the other way around too (earlier I tested most of the major antivirus programs to see for myself how they measure up and the "biggies" (McAfee, Trend Micro, Norton) both assured me that my computer was virus free. Then I ran Avast and it found 3 viruses embedded in e-mail attachments. The others didn't see them, but when I extracted the e-mails separately and saved them in a separate folder, then all the "biggies" found it too. If you want to try it for yourself, you can download a free home edition of Avast and see what it comes up with.

So as far is Avast is concerned, the file is infected with a trojan, apparently the others say it doesn't. I would rather err on the side of caution and not use it, but then again, Avast may be wrong.

Robert